ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Tanzanian Man Becomes A Millionaire Overnight After Discovering Two Huge Gemstones Worth $2.9 Million

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.25.2020 14:02 PM

A Tanzanian miner with 30 children discovered the ultra-rare gemstone in the north of the country and was given $2.9 million for the two dark violet-blue stones.

6,000 ‘Mad’ Macaques Known to Be Notorious Thieves Have Taken Over a Thai City

06.25.2020 09:09 AM

Macaques formerly roamed peacefully in Lopburi as tourists regularly fed them fruit. Now during the lockdown, food shortage for the monkeys has affected their behavior, disturbing local residents.

Stay at Home: Giant Saharan Dust Cloud Is Fastly Approaching the US

06.25.2020 05:22 AM

People with respiratory illness are advised to stay home as a giant Saharan dust cloud is on its way to the United States striking weather phenomenon and causes hazy skies affecting air quality.

Anthropause: When the World Stopped Due to the Pandemic

06.24.2020 04:03 AM

Scientists have come up with a precise and technical way to describe the exceptional circumstances during the lockdown and what people could learn from it.

UK’s Lake District Is Sprawling With Deadly Cyanobacteria, Environmental Agency Warns

06.24.2020 03:55 AM

The Environmental Agency warns that several famous spots in Cumbria's Lake District are now infected with harmful blue-green algae. Also known as cyanobacteria, the organism is said to be potentially fatal for animals and can cause symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting in humans.

COVID-19 Lockdown Reveals Human Impact on Wildlife

06.23.2020 23:55 PM

An international team of scientists is investigating how animals are responding to reduced levels of human activity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coffee Please: Caffeine Helps Save Threatened Species of Lizards

06.23.2020 23:46 PM

Researchers found a new sperm freezing and revival technique that uses caffeine to help bring threatened species of lizard back from the brink of extinction.

Archaeologists Unearthed Oldest Viking Settlement in Iceland Decades Before They Are Supposed to Settle in the Island

06.23.2020 23:34 PM

The ancient longhouse is thought to be a summer settlement built in 800 AD, decades before the Vikings' supposed settlement on the island.

Solar Panels Absorb More Sunlight Thanks to Lockdowns, New Study Reveals

06.23.2020 09:35 AM

Lockdowns have reduced air pollution all over the world and gave way to more sunlight being absorbed by the solar panels, just like the solar panels in Delhi, one of the world's most polluted cities.

Eruption of Alaska’s Okmok Volcano Contributed to the Rise of the Roman Empire, but How?

06.23.2020 05:33 AM

Historic records say that the rise of the Roman empire is a periodic of unexplained extreme climate and a new study suggests that the volcanic eruption in Alaska may have caused it.

Three-Year-Old Female Giraffe, Gigi, Dies Two Weeks After Settling Into Sydney Zoo, Inciting Investigation

06.23.2020 05:33 AM

Sydney Zoo mourns the loss of its three-year-old female giraffe, Gigi. She died only two weeks after her transfer to the zoo. Officials are now arranging a post-mortem for her death, which could take about three weeks.

Not so Robust: Robusta Coffee More Sensitive to Warming Than Previously Thought

06.22.2020 17:37 PM

Widely considered to better prepared for climate change than arabica coffee, a new study from Southeast Asia shows robusta coffee production decreases 14% with each 1C of increase above a lower-than-once-thought optimal temperature range.

Africa Combats Locust Outbreak Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis

06.22.2020 12:42 PM

Millions of desert locusts swarm over acres of farms in Africa three months ago, and would likely return now, leaving millions of people across the countries hungry by the end of the year.

Science and the Media Have Opposite Views on the ‘Insect Apocalypse.’ Who’s Right?

06.22.2020 05:28 AM

The media has put the spotlight on insect population declines caused by industrial farming, yet scientists argue what the real causes are.

Mysterious Floating Island in Muskegan Lake a Result of High Water Levels and Erosion

06.20.2020 06:20 AM

Boaters and residents along the shoreline spotted the chunk of grasses and vegetation moving as a floating island on Thursday, most likely created by high water levels and shoreline erosion.

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